TNA Bound for Glory 2025 Results and Review

This TNA PPV was live from the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Steve Maclin def. Frankie Kazarian (c) to win the TNA International Championship

Maclin came out the gate early with an SCUD to Kazarian during his entrance. Minutes later, Kazarian swung the momentum his way with a Sunset Flip Powerbomb at ringside. Kazarian then came face-to-face with Maclin’s mom at ringside. In the ring, Maclin hit an Olympic Slam but Kazarian then dodged a Caught in the Crosshairs. Kazarian went to cover Maclin and grab the ropes for leverage but he was caught by the referee. Kazarian hit Maclin with the Slingshot Cutter for a near fall. Maclin landed with Caught in the Crosshairs and then a KIA to recapture the International Title.

Squish’s thoughts and rating: This was a fun, fast-paced opener to start the show off right. I assume the title change at Victory Road was just a way to give Maclin a big win on a big stage. Kazarian had a very short International Title reign but he might be in for more soon. 7/10

Gabby LaSpisa interviewed TNA World Champion NXT’s Trick Williams ahead of his title defence, who was accompanied by a lawyer. He threatened legal action against anyone who gives him any troubles tonight.

Tessa Blanchard def. Gia Miller

Victoria Crawford accompanied Blanchard for this match and Jody Threat accompanied Miller. Blanchard was the dominant one early on hitting a vertical suplex into the steel stairs. She then distracted the referee to allow Crawford to get involved from ringside. Threat took out Crawford before she got rejected from ringside. Crawford refused to leave but Threat jumped off the top-rope to take her and the security team out. Miller went on offence and hit a crossbody for a near fall. Blanchard stole the win by striking Miller with a roll of coins.

Squish’s thoughts and rating: As great as everyone says she is, even Blanchard couldn’t make this one good. The match had some intensity but there were lots of mistakes as you would kind of expect with Miller being a ring announcer. I was not a fan of the finish at all. Also, it’s not great that the first two matches combined to a run time of 14 minutes. 5/10

Call Your Shot Gauntlet: Frankie Kazarian and Nic Nemeth last eliminated each other to earn a future TNA World Championship match

It was announced that Xia Brookside could not compete due to illness.

Lei Ying Lee
Mara Sade
Ryan Nemeth
Nic Nemeth
Cedric Alexander
Rich Swann
AJ Francis
- Francis eliminated Lee and Sade. He then took the “every man for himself” approach, eliminating Swann.
Travis Williams
BDE
The Rascalz (Myron Reed, Trey Miguel and Zachary Wentz)
- BDE banded with The Rascalz to eliminate Francis.
Dani Luna
Eric Young
- Young hit Williams with a low blow and a Piledriver on the apron to eliminate him.
Jake Something
- Young eliminated BDE.
Rosemary
- Miguel and Alexander were eliminated from the match.
The Home Town Man
- Rosemary shot her mist into Something’s eyes, allowing him to be eliminated by the HTM.
Zack Clayton
- Luna eliminated Rosemary before the HTM eliminated Luna.
Jody Threat (but Frankie Kazarian took her out with a clothesline and stole her spot)
Santino Marella
- Marella attacked Kazarian with the Cobra. He was then quickly eliminated by Nic.
Matt Cardona
- Cardona eliminated Clayton.
Mance Warner

Nic and Ryan eliminated Reed and Wentz. Young hit the HTM with a low blow before eliminating him. Cardona followed up by eliminating Young and Warner. Nic accidentally hit a superkick to Ryan, eliminating him. Warner eliminated Cardona from ringside in an act of revenge. Kazarian got back in the ring as he was not eliminated by the Cobra. One referee went down so another one came out. At the end, both referees were standing to count a simultaneous pin from Nic and Kazarian so both men won the Call Your Shot Gauntlet.

Squish’s thoughts and rating: This is for the entire match from start to finish. There was only one surprise (Clayton) and it was very disappointing. The match between Nic and Kazarian was fine until the ending. Kazarian literally won the trophy last year. Have they got nothing else for him? He cashed in last year’s contract at Rebellion and lost. I don’t get it. At least the prospect of having the champion have to contend with two people who could cash-in at any time could be interesting. 4/10

NXT’s Kelani Jordan (c) def. Indi Hartwell to retain the TNA Knockouts World Championship

Jordan hit a step-up leg drop in the corner early on. Hartwell caught Jordan in mid-air with a Spinebuster. They both began to strike each other in the middle of the ring but Jordan took the advantage. She reversed a Death Valley Driver into a Jawbreaker for a near fall. Hartwell sent Jordan down with a devastating powerbomb. Jordan hit back with a Frog Splash but it couldn’t beat Hartwell. Hartwell hit a top-rope elbow drop into Jordan’s back. She followed up with the Hurts Donut but a rope break kept Jordan in the fight. Hartwell went for another top-rope elbow drop but she didn’t connect. Jordan hit One of a Kind to win the match and retain the title.

Squish’s thoughts and rating: They did a good job but there was no real build to the match and they were both faces so it was difficult to get into. A win for Hartwell was one of the results I was the most confident about and it didn’t happen so that’s a shame. I don’t want to see an NXT wrestler hold that title anymore. 6/10

Jordan and Hartwell shook hands afterwards.

Kazarian and Nic were caught in an argument.

Hardcore War: The System (Moose, Brian Myers, JDC, Eddie Edwards and Alisha Edwards) def. Order 4 (Mustafa Ali, Jason Hotch, John Skyler, Agent Zero and Tasha Steelz)

Now we find out who is the greatest faction in TNA today. Order 4 held the numbers advantage while Hotch and Eddie started the match. Wally the Green Monster was present to support Eddie. Skyler brought the advantage to Order 4, joining with Hotch to hit Eddie with The Favour onto a steel chair. JDC was out next to even the odds. He flew from the top-rope to take out Hotch and Skyler out at ringside. He then attacked Skyler’s head with a cheese grater. Steelz was in next. After that, Alisha came out with a kendo stick. JDC hit Hotch low with a staple gun. Zero came out next and sent the steel stairs flying into Eddie. Myers came out next but fell quickly to the numbers advantage. Ali came out as the final man for Order 4. Then, Moose entered as the final man for The System and now the match could be decided by pin or submission. Zero and Moose came face-to-face but then Zero went over the top-rope to take out the field at ringside. Zero sent Alisha crashing into a pile of thumbtacks. Moose put a steel chair around himself and hit Zero with a spear. Ali went for a 450 to Alisha but missed and landed face first in the thumbtacks. Eddie used barbed wire to hit Ali with Boston Knee Party and get the victory.

Squish’s thoughts and rating: This was both violent and fun to watch. It’s hard to do a match with this many wrestlers and not have some mistakes but it was produced well to have some bigger moments but nothing too ridiculous. The biggest spot was Alisha being slammed onto thumbtacks and credit to her because that looked rough. I don’t usually rate her wrestling ability but it’s easy to use big spots to hide that sort of thing in matches like this. This wasn’t about good wrestling, which didn’t play to the advantages of Moose and Ali. I was satisfied with the finish as The System got their revenge and Eddie pinning Ali feels like a big deal. Everyone delivered here. 7/10

Leon Slater (c) vs. NXT’s Je’Von Evans for the TNA X-Division Championship ended in a draw

Both men started off early with their high-flying offence. Slater hit a Slingshot Cutter. He went for another but on that occasion, Evans reversed it into a tornado DDT. Evans returned with an OG Cutter onto the apron. Both men managed to get back into the ring before being counted out. Evans came off the top-rope with Zone One to get an extremely close near fall. The fast pace continued and Slater caught Evans with a mid-air neckbreaker. Evans shocked him with back-to-back OG Cutters but Slater managed to stay in the match. Evans jumped over the barricade to take Slater out in the crowd. Then, the bell rang as the 20-minute time limit had been reached.

The fans were demanding 5 more minutes so Director of Authority Santino Marella obliged.

Slater flew over the ring post with Big Play Slater out to ringside. Minutes later, Evans took Slater off the top-rope with a Spanish Fly. Then, the lights went out and NXT’s DarkState (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, Saquon Shugars and Cutler James) arrived to destroy both men and throw the match out as a no contest.

Squish’s thoughts and rating: They were on their way to a perfect banger but the ending soured that on extreme levels. Whoever made that decision made a mistake. This is TNA’s biggest PPV of the year but the finishes for matches weren’t matching that vibe. The match itself was fantastic. They went 22 minutes and they easily could’ve doubled that length. The pace was insane. Both men are great at making everything look so easy. It’s just a shame to see a dud finish like that on a PPV. Why did DarkState want to attack these guys and not The Hardys who beat them for the NXT Tag Team Championship? They were literally competing in the following match. Stupid decision. Absolutely ridiculous. 8/10

Chris Bey announced a new North American attendance record for a TNA show – 7,794!

Tables match: The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) (c) def. Team 3D (Bully Ray and Devon) to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship and the NXT Tag Team Championship

Bully and Devon caught Matt early on with a 3D. Minutes later, Devon hit Jeff with a top-rope headbutt. Jeff was put through the table off a 3D. Then, Devon accidentally hit Bully. Matt tried to put Bully through a table but it didn’t go to plan and he went through instead. Jeff jumped from the top of a ladder with a Swanton Bomb, putting Devon through a series of tables. Bully nearly powerbombed Jeff through a table but Matt pulled it out from under him at the last minute. Jeff hit another Swanton Bomb but on Bully this time. Bully then accepted defeat and let The Hardys put him through a table. This allowed The Hardys to win and retain both the TNA and NXT titles.

Squish’s thoughts and rating: It was a fun match and nice little hit of nostalgia with the right outcome in the champions retaining. They can both still go and are regularly on TNA Impact so a loss here would’ve made no sense. I think the ending was supposed to make us feel more but it just felt odd seeing Bully accept defeat in the way he did. It was meant to be his way of accepting that The Hardys are the greatest tag team of all time. It’s no match of the year contender but the tables made it fun. 7/10

Afterwards, The Hardys helped Team 3D to their feet as the ultimate sign of respect. Then, Bully Ray and Devon left their boots in the ring to signal their retirement from pro wrestling.

There will be no Impact review this week!

Mike Santana def. NXT’s Trick Williams (c) to win the TNA World Championship

Santana was accompanied by Konnan, his mentor. Both men began to brawl before the opening bell. The fighting went out into the crowd and Santana attacked Williams with a trash can. Williams fought back and struck Santana with the TNA World Title. In the ring, Williams hit the Trick Kick for a near fall. Santana tried to retaliate but Williams stopped him with a back body drop out to ringside. Williams sent Santana face first into a ring post, busting him open. Santana jumped off the stairs to hit a Superman Forearm but Williams quickly swung things his way once again. Santana took control with the Rolling Buck 50 and a cannonball into the corner. Williams threw some insults at Santana’s daughter, who was sat in the crowd. She slapped him and then Santana took him out with a flip dive over the top-rope. In the ring, Santana connected with a top-rope 450 for a near fall. Williams’ lawyer was there for the distraction and Williams hit three Uranages. Williams tried to strike Santana with the title belt but he missed. Santana hit Spin the Block for another near fall. Santana took out the lawyer with Spin the Block. Williams hit back with the Trick Shot but Santana still wouldn’t stay down. One last Spin the Block gave Santana the world title.

Squish’s thoughts and rating: A great main event that lived up to the feud they’ve been building since before Slammiversary. They pulled off some epic counters to some of their biggest manoeuvres. Santana completed his journey to the top and he’s now TNA World Champion. I still wasn’t the biggest fan of Williams being the TNA World Champion but in all fairness to him, he’s really delivered in the ring. 7/10

After the match, Nic Nemeth tried to use his Call Your Shot opportunity but Elijah returned to stop him. Frankie Kazarian also tried to cash in his opportunity but he was taken down by a Spin the Block by the TNA World Champion.

Squish’s thoughts: I liked this as the ending to the PPV. I was worried that might screw Santana out of his title reign but I’m glad thy didn’t. I still don’t think we need two men with a Call Your Shot opportunity. It’s a waste of time. However, I will admit it could benefit Santana’s reign to have two heel challengers lurking around with immediate cash-in opportunities. It was sad to see the crowd looking so thin towards the end of the show. However, a 4-hour PPV on a Sunday might be too much for some people but it’s a shame they got to miss out on a nice ending and moment for TNA. It was also wonderful to see Elijah back.

Mike and his daughter celebrated the start of a new era in TNA as the show went off the air.

Squish’s overall thoughts:

This sums up a big night for TNA since I started watching in that they slightly underdelivered against the expectations they’d built for themselves. A lot of the time, their booking is top tier but on the biggest shows they seem to fall short. We didn’t need two winners for the Call Your Shot Gauntlet (or for Kazarian to win again at all after winning in 2024), we didn’t need Jordan (an NXT star) to retain the Knockouts Title when Hartwell could easily be the face of the division, and we didn’t need to see a match of the year contender end abruptly thanks to the interruption of DarkState. However, does that mean the whole PPV sucked? Of course not but it does leave you feeling slightly disappointed. The Hardcore War, International Title match and World Title match really stood out for me on this card. I also enjoyed the nostalgia trip of the Tables match.

Overall rating: 7/10

Upcoming PPVs and PLEs:

November 14th – TNA Turning Point at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida
December 5th – TNA Final Resolution at El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas
January 2026 – TNA Genesis in Dallas, Texas

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